Definition of Wakefulness. Meaning of Wakefulness. Synonyms of Wakefulness

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Definition of Wakefulness

Wakefulness
Wakeful Wake"ful, a. Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant. Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. --Dryden. -- Wake"ful*ly, adv. -- Wake"ful*ness, n.

Meaning of Wakefulness from wikipedia

- underlies wakefulness. Several systems originating in this part of the brain control the shift from wakefulness into sleep and sleep into wakefulness. Histamine...
- wakeful in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. To be wakeful is to experience the metabolic state of catabolism. Wakeful may also refer to: HMS Wakeful,...
- Hypnagogia is the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep, also defined as the waning state of consciousness during the onset of sleep. Its opposite...
- A wakefulness-promoting agent (WPA), or wake-promoting agent, is a drug that increases wakefulness and arousal. They are similar to but distinct from psychostimulants...
- brain injury or one year after a traumatic injury. The term unresponsive wakefulness syndrome may be used alternatively, as "vegetative state" has some negative...
- to distinguish it from the circadian alternation between sleep and wakefulness. In humans, this cycle takes 70 to 110 minutes (90 ± 20 minutes). Within...
- the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wakeful. Another was planned but renamed before being launched: HMS Wakeful (H88) was a W-class destroyer launched...
- Wakefulness (Norwegian: Andvake) is a 2007 novella by Norwegian writer Jon Fosse. The story is set a few hundred years ago. The young couple, "Asle" and...
- neurochemical basis of wakefulness and REM sleep systems". In Monti J, Pandi-Perumal SR, Sinton CM (eds.). Neurochemistry of Sleep and Wakefulness. Cambridge: Cambridge...
- The Wakeful Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies, run under set weights with penalties conditions...